In autumn 2012 ACUNS launched a project publishing online, peer-reviewed, book reviews on books relating to the study of the United Nations, international organization(s) and related topics in global governance. For a current list of titles please see our Books Available for Review page. If you have any questions about the book reviews please contact the editor at [email protected]
Displacement by Development: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities
Peter Penz, Jay Drydyk, Pablo S. Bose, Displacement by Development: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011). 344 pages Reviewed by Maša […]
Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective
Laura Westra, Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective (Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2011). 367 pages. Reviewed by Guy Lancaster (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & […]
Peacebuliding through Community-Based NGOs: Paradoxes and Possibilities
Max Stephenson Jr. and Laura Zanotti, Peacebuilding through Community-Based NGOs: Paradoxes and Possibilities (Sterling Virginia: Kumarian Press, 2012) 98 pages. Reviewed by Ashley Feasley (Instructor at Fordham […]
Review of ‘Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro Van Asselt, Tim Rayner, and Frans Berkhout (eds.) ‘Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?’ by Glenys Spence
Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro Van Asselt, Tim Rayner, and Frans Berkhout (eds.) Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation […]
Review of Jeff Stouffer & Stefan Seiler (eds.) ‘Military Ethics: International Perspectives’ by Davis Brown
Lt. Col. Jeff Stouffer & Stefan Seiler, eds., Military Ethics: International Perspectives (Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2010). Reviewed by Davis Brown (Assistant Professor […]
Review of Jonathan Paquin’s ‘A Stability-Seeking Power: U.S. Foreign Policy and Secessionist Conflicts’ by Matthew Benger
Jonathan Paquin, A Stability-Seeking Power: U.S. Foreign Policy and Secessionist Conflicts (Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010) 230 Pages Reviewed by Matthew Benger (Masters student […]
Review of Frank Chalk and Romeo Dallaire’s ‘Mobilizing the Will to Intervene’ by Neil O’Reilly
Frank Chalk, Romeo Dallaire, Kyle Matthews, Carla Barqueiro, and Simon Doyle, Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, […]
A Review of Michael K. Carroll’s ‘Pearson’s Peacekeepers: Canada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956-67’ by Matt Symes
Michael K. Carroll, Pearson’s Peacekeepers: Canada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956-67 (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2009). 254 pages. Reviewed by Matt […]
Review of Noah Richler’s ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About War’ by Kirk Goodlet and Geoff Keelan
The Centre is hosting Noah Richler on May 30 for a talk at 7:00pm. In this special book review, two Centre associates review Richler’s work. […]